--- title: Game of Thrones Bronn Says He Lost Fans After Spoils of War description: Actor Jerome Flynn opens up about the fallout from his actions in the latest episode of 'Game of Thrones.' canonical: https://time.com/4897046/game-of-thrones-bronn-on-spoils-of-war/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-11T15:42:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:23.942Z og:title: Game of Thrones' Bronn Says He's 'a Little Unpopular' Now og:description: "My postman won't speak to me," actor Jerome Flynn joked og:url: https://time.com/4897046/game-of-thrones-bronn-on-spoils-of-war/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt782083cba14858a9/6988d8a57cdbacf7bfd59826/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-bron-08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-bronn-08 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones' Bronn Says He's 'a Little Unpopular' Now twitter:description: "My postman won't speak to me," actor Jerome Flynn joked twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt782083cba14858a9/6988d8a57cdbacf7bfd59826/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-bron-08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I’ve Been a Little Unpopular.' _Game of Thrones'_ Bronn Says Even His Mailman's Mad at Him Now  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 11, 2017 3:42 PM UTC  Macall B. Polay—HBO  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 11, 2017 3:42 PM UTC **Warning**: This post contains spoilers for the first six seasons of Game of Thrones. It’s hard out here for a wannabe dragon-slayer. That’s certainly the experience of actor [Jerome Flynn](http://time.com/3911930/game-of-thrones-watch-dance-of-dragons/), perhaps better known for his role as the salty-tongued sellsword [Bronn](http://time.com/4889783/game-of-thrones-season-7-finale-questions/) in _Game of Thrones_. Always a fan favorite, Bronn returned to the spotlight in the fourth episode of this season to play a critical role in one of the biggest battles ever seen on _Thrones_. But, unfortunately, this time he was pitted against _another_ fan favorite character: [Drogon](http://time.com/4892366/game-of-thrones-season-7-trailer-scenes-unaired/). During the Loot Train Battle, Bronn makes a dash for Qyburn’s special Scorpion weapon, equipped with crossbow bolts intended to fatally wound a rampaging dragon. With Daenerys’s Drogon on the loose, Bronn makes good use of the Scorpion, firing off two shots — one of which hits home. In an action-packed episode, Drogon’s moment of pain was one of the most-discussed scenes online. And in the aftermath, Jerome Flynn tapped his trademark sense of humor to say that some fans have changed their opinions of him. When asked in [an interview with HBO](http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/jerome-flynn-on-fighting-dragons-bronn-personal-stakes) about seeing the episode, he had a hilarious answer about the fallout. “I spent weeks on that sequence, but I was on the edge of my seat, the adrenaline was running — they really nailed it,” Flynn said of watching the battle go down. “Although since the day the battle aired, I’ve been a little unpopular, I have to say. My postman won’t speak to me because I shot the dragon,” he said. Luckily, it looks like Drogon is going to come back from his flesh wound. Jerome Flynn, however, may find it harder to return to the good graces of dragon-loving fans everywhere. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4897046/game-of-thrones-bronn-on-spoils-of-war/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4897046/game-of-thrones-bronn-on-spoils-of-war/"},"headline":"'I’ve Been a Little Unpopular.' 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